While most of AAP’s top leadership received a jolt, CM Atishi secured a consolation victory, defeating BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri by 3,580 votes in Kalkaji. She polled 52,154 votes compared to Bidhuri’s 48,633. Congress’ Alka Lamba, with 4,367 votes, stood third. Atishi’s win wasn’t without its share of hiccups though. She lagged when the counting started,…
The Delhi election results, which have brought BJP back to government after 27 years, can be summed up in one line: the aam aadmi voted against the leadership of Aam Aadmi Party, but not necessarily against the idea of AAP. There can be no other explanation when many top leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, who made…
NEW DELHI: BJP scored a spectacular victory in all parliamentary constituency areas to win 48 of the 70 assembly seats in the capital. In particular, it was the party’s performance in outer Delhi, areas bordering Haryana, that helped it rout AAP and storm back to power after 27 years. AAP, for its part, continued its…
BHOPAL: A Muslim man from Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur was assaulted by alleged members of Hindu outfits in Bhopal district court complex Friday after he arrived to register his marriage with an 18-year-old Hindu woman. Police filed a case against him after the woman and her mother filed a complaint claiming he had been ‘harassing her’…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has made it clear that a male accused of sexual harassment cannot compulsorily be made to undergo a potency test.A division bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice Sundar Mohan made the observation while hearing a batch of cases, including an incident in Chidambaram involving a male student and a…
LUCKNOW: Unexpectedly high daytime temperatures for this time of the year recorded over past few days threaten to have a detrimental impact on wheat crop in UP, the largest wheat-producing state in country.As per state agriculture department, the impact of warmer-than-usual days is being observed across swathes of agricultural land in eastern UP, where the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi on Saturday joined a growing list of states where the lotus has managed to bloom with a vengeance. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which was struggling to even get double-digits in seat share in the past two assembly polls, won the election by securing a whopping 48 of 70 seats. Breaking the 27-year…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Amit Shah on Saturday mocked Congress for yet another poor performance in the Delhi assembly elections and accused the party of prioritising the Gandhi family over fighting elections.In a social media post on X, Shah took a potshot at the grand-old-party and said that it’s security deposit was forfeited in 67…
Suvendu Adhikari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Pumped up by the BJP’s historic win in the Delhi assembly elections, West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday shot off a salvo at CM Mamata Banerjee, saying after the national capital Bengal would vote for the BJP by the uproot ruling TMC.“Delhi ki jeet hamari hai…2026 mein…
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party‘s (AAP) loss in the Delhi assembly elections has sparked speculation about its political clout in Punjab, with opposition leaders in the state predicting a similar downfall. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a decisive victory in Delhi, reclaiming power after 26 years and…
